Caroline Richards

Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, this adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel, The Night Watch, follows four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual morality and social convention have been broken down, Kay, Helen, Viv and Duncan enjoy a freedom never experienced before. Moving back in time through the 1940s into the maelstrom of the Blitz, the lives, loves and losses of these four central characters are unravelled. For them, the post-war victory is bittersweet, for it returns them to the margins of society, from which they hoped they had been liberated. In order to build their future they must each make peace with their past.

1939年、ニューヨーク万国博覧会の年。ＮＹクロニクル紙の敏腕新聞記者ポリー・パーキンスは、著名な科学者が連続して失踪している事件の調査に、独自で乗り出していた。そんな彼女の目に信じられない光景が飛び込んでくる。世界中の大都市に奇妙な巨大ロボット軍団が飛来し人間を襲い始めた。